So spring is here...well almost here and I must say that I am more then ready. We've had a very mild winter, but still, I'm ready for warm temperatures where little toes can come out from under socks, where coats don't have to be shoved underneath the belts of a
carseat and where we can play outside in the daylight well after the dinner hour. Unfortunately, where we live, the spring season often brings the threat of tornadoes and if you live in this house, that is quite the buzz word around here these days. It seems that ever since Braden experienced the shrilling sounds of the tornado sirens one stormy afternoon a few weeks ago at school, he has been TERRIFIED of them. There have been many a night where I've had to go comfort him in the middle of the night when he wakes up in a nightmare, tormented by the thoughts of a tornado. Or many other nights where I've prayed with him, over him and for him before bed that his little mind would be filled with peace and not with fear. Other nights, he has slept with his Bible so that he can recall God's word which he has memorized to "fear not for I am with you," or "whenever I am afraid I will trust in You Lord." But still he is afraid. These fears are real, very real and it is hard for this momma to find ways to bring him real comfort. So I continue to pray that the God of Peace will bring him comfort that only He can give and thankfully I can see God's hand at work!!! Two days ago, the whole southeast was hit with numerous tornadoes and as the day drug on and I realized that he and Asher and I would have to find our safe place in our home and wait out the storms, I began to get nervous that Braden would crumble under the fear. When the skies started to darken and I knew we had to seek shelter, I was amazed at how well Braden did. He was so calm and started grabbing all the things we would "need" to get us through the tornadoes. So away we went to our closet with goldfish, water cups, cars, racetracks, crayons, markers, coloring books, previous art projects, costumes and numerous other things. But, we waited the storms out by drawing pictures of hail and tornadoes and eating pounds and pounds of goldfish. On a side note...I can't tell you the number of times I've been thankful for goldfish over the years. Anyway, about 30 minutes later, we arose from the storm to find a whole lot of hail and broken tree limbs, but a house intact and a brave little boy who somehow feels a bit less scared about tornadoes now. We were blessed to have no damage unlike so many others who were less fortunate. So here are my two little boys braving out the storm -
Of course when the skies got really bad, they got to sit in the closet which was extra fun in their opinions, but here they are in the hallway -
Here are the boys earlier this week...Braden loves to climb in Asher's crib in the mornings. I walked in the other day and found them sitting like this and I heard Asher say "I
wuv you Bray Bray." Asher has become so cuddly and affectionate lately and I love to hear him tell us that he loves us. So sweet to see these boys really loving each other...oh how my heart prays for this for them daily -
And then the love turned into wrestle mania -
And this picture just makes me laugh...Braden earned his final sticker on his sticker chart this week and as a result we all got to go see The
Lorax at the movie theater this weekend. This was Asher's first movie and to our surprise he did awesome and seemed to love the whole experience...thanks to once again...a LOT of goldfish crackers!!!!!
That's all for now!!!!! Looking forward to the time change this weekend...yet another sign that spring is almost here and that we survived the winter :)
and this little friend of mine could snooze till 8am or so...
and the bigger question is, how are they ever supposed to share a room when, this little friend of mine likes to party in his crib till the late hours of the night...
and this little friend of mine is out like a light within a matter of minutes after being put to bed...
I feel like once they start to share a room, there will be a lot of this going on, instead of sleeping...
and some of this, where someone is screaming at the delight of the other...
and I am confident that there will be some of this, where someone gets tackled...
but in the end, I hope these little friends of mine will be best buds their whole life long, because they sure do love each other...
oh and ps...please start sending prayers our way, because they will hopefully be sharing a room this summer! 
